14 Facts About Bert Olmstead

Murray Albert Olmstead was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played for the Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Black Hawks and Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League.

Bert Olmstead was claimed in an Intra-League Draft by Toronto Maple Leafs in 1958, and played there until his retirement in 1962.

Bert Olmstead won it four times with Montreal, in 1953,1956,1957,1958, and once with Toronto, in 1962, which was his last season.

Bert Olmstead was born in Sceptre, Saskatchewan, a small village with a population of less than 200, in southwestern Saskatchewan.

Bert Olmstead played another season in Moose Jaw, before being assigned to the Kansas City Pla-Mors of the United States Hockey League by the Chicago Black Hawks.

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Bert Olmstead played three full seasons for Kansas City, and part of another, later in 1950, for the Milwaukee Sea Gulls.

Bert Olmstead played nine games for the Black Hawks and collected two assists.

In that season, Bert Olmstead played on a line with Jean Beliveau and Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion.

Bert Olmstead set a record for assists, with 56, and scored eight points in game, recording four goals and four assists, tying Rocket Richard's record.

Bert Olmstead won five times, four of them with the Montreal Canadiens, and once with the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Bert Olmstead was not a very good skater, and thus he had to compensate by bodychecking.

Bert Olmstead was not regularly involved in fights, but in the ones he participated, the majority were started with his hits.

Bert Olmstead had previously declined to spend a day with it, believing that it was being given to much older winners only because of the lockout.

Bert Olmstead noted, at the end of the day, that he was happy to have the Stanley Cup again.